Hat-fastener.



No. 732,362. PATENTED JUNE 30, 1903.

A. F. MALMSTEAD.

HAT FASTENBR.

APPLIQMION FILED JULY 1a. 1902.

No MODEL.

UNITED STATES Patented June 30, 1903.

PATENT OFFICE.

ADOLPI-I F. MALMSTEAD, OF VORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO ISAAC B. MALMSTEAD, OF WORCESTER, MASSACHUSETTS.

HAT-FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 732,362, dated J' une 30, 1903. Application filed July 18, 1902. Serial No. 116,113. (No model.)

. T all whom t may concorre:

Beit. known that I, ADOLPH F.MALMsrnAn,a subject of the King of Sweden and Norway,re siding at Worcester, in the county of Worcester and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and useful Hat-Fastener, of which the following is-a specification.

This invention relates to a device for fastening a ladys hat to the hair of the wearer.

The especial object of this invention is to provide a simple, efficient, and inexpensive fastening device which may be secured inside of a hat to form a permanent fixture connected therewith and which may be operated from the outside of the hat to fasten the same firmly in place.

To these ends this invention consists of the fastener for ladies hats as an article of manufacture and of the combinations of parts therein, as hereinafter described, and more particularly pointed out in the claims at the end of this specification. A

In the-accompanying drawings, Figurel is a sectional view of a hat with a fastener constructed according to this invention combined therewith. Fig. 2 is a similar view showing the fastener in its operated or fastened position, and Fig. 3 is a perspective view showing the parts separated which are combined in a hat-fastener constructed according to' this invention.

To hold a hat or other article of headwear in place, it is. now customary for ladies to use hat-pins for piercing the hats and for fastening the same to the hair of the wearer. The use of a hat-pin for fastening or holding a hat in place is objectionable, as it can only be adjustedy with considerable diiiculty, because it does not hold the hat rmly in the desired position, because the repeated perforations of a hat with a pin wears out and breaks the straw or other material from which the body of the hat is constructed, and because the hat-pins themselves are frequently lost andmisplaced. To overcome these objections, I have provided a hat-fastener which forms a fixture permanently connected to the hat to which the same is applied and which therefore is always in position to provide a reliable means for fastening a hat in place. To these ends a hat-fastener constructed according to my invention comprises one or more movable pieces or clips which may be secured in place on the inside of a hat and a connection for operating the clips or movable pieces from the outside of the hat.

Referring to the accompanying drawings for a detail description of a hat-fastener constructed according to this invention, as illustrated most clearlyin Fig.3, the fastener comprises two sheet-metal strips 10 and 12, which are provided at their ends with foot-pieces 11 and 13, respectively, which foot-pieces 11 and 13 have projecting spurs or points which may be fastened in the sides of the hat.

The parts thus far referred to form, in effect, an adjustable frame which may be tted to different sizes of hats and form a support for the moving parts, as hereinafter described.

Projecting from the sheet-metal piece 10 are studs or pins 14.. The ends of the studs or pins 14 maybe fitted into any desired ones of the holes 15, which are punched in the sheet-metal strip 12, so that the foot-pieces 11 and 13 may be separated or spread apart the required distances to adapt the fastener to dierent sizes of hats. When the parts have been properly adjusted, the sheet-metal strips 10 and 12 may be clamped together by smallv elastic bands 16-or other desired forms of clips for holding the parts in position.

Pivoted on thepins or studs 14 are the fastening clips or hooks 17. Each of these clips or hooks 17 is provided with a part substantially concentric with its axis adapted to engage the hair of the wearer. instance I have illustrated a hat-fastener havingftwo movable clips or hooks 17, and I prefer to employ two fastening-hooks 17, as I have found in practice that by using a fastening-hook at each side of the wearers head I am enabled to fasten the hat more firmly in position, although it is to be understood that a single fastening hook` or clip may be employed for a hat-fastener constructed according to my invention, if desired, or more than two fastening-clips may in some cases be provided for each fastener.

Connecting'the movable hooks or clips 17 in the hat-holder herein illustrated is a link 18, having a central eye 19. Connected to In the present IOO the central eye 19 is an operating-rod which may be actuated from the outside of the hat. As herein illustrated, this operating-rod consists of a wire 20,having a bent-up and pointed end 21, which may t into the eye 19, and at its opposite end the wire 2O may be provided with any of the ordinary ornamental hat-pin heads 22.

In the use of a hat-fastener as thus constructed when the sheet-metal pieces have been secured in the body portion of the hat the pointed operating wire 2O is passed through the side of the hat and its inner end is connected to the eye 19 of the operatinglink, the wire 2O being held in a notch in the foot-piece 11 by means of a clip 23. When the parts have been thus secured in place, they form a permanent fixture of the hat, and on this account the hat-pin heads at the end of the operating-rod may be decorated or provided with as expensive ornaments as desired, as the same are not liable to become lost. When the hat is to be fastened in place on the head of the wearer, the operating-wire is drawn out, as shown in Fig. 1, the hat is then adjusted onto the head, so that by pushing in the operating-Wire the fastening clips or hooks 17 will be fastened in the hair of the wearer, forming an efficient and uniformly reliable means for holding the hat in place.

l am aware that numerous changes may be made in practicing my invention by those who are skilled in the art without departing from the scope thereof as expressed in the claims. I do not wish, therefore, to be limited to the particular construction which I have herein shown and described; but

What I claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States, is-

1. As an article of manufacture, a fastener for ladies hats comprising an adjustable frame which may be adapted to fit inside of -different sizes of hats, two wire fasteningclips pivoted in said frame, each of said clips having a part substantially concentric with its aXis adapted to engage the hair of the wearer, a link connecting said clips, and an operating-pin having a sharpened point inserted through the side of the hat and having an offset engaging an eye in the link so that 0f side bars with foot-pieces at their ends, 55

means for adjustably clamping the side bars together to adapt the frame to fit inside of different sizes of hats, studs or projections which may be riveted into the hat to hold the frame in place, two wire fastening-clips, a 6o link connecting the fastening-clips, and a pointed operating-pin extending through the side of the hat and engaging an eye in the link, whereby the clips will be simultaneously operated by moving the operating-pin in or out, substantially as described.

3. As an article of manufacture, a fastener for ladies hats comprising a frame consisting of two sheet-metal pieces with pins extending from one piece to engage holes in the other 7o piece, said sheet-metal pieces having footpieces with spurs which may be fastened into a hat, clips or hooks mounted on the pins,a link connecting said hooks, and an operatingwire detachably engaging said link and extending to the outside of the hat.

4. As an article of manufacture, a hat-fastener comprising a frame consisting of side bars adjustable with respect to each other by means of two pins extending from one of said 8o bars to detachably engage holes in the other bar, elastic bands for holding the side bars together, said side bars being provided with footpieces having studs or pins adapted to be driven into the sides of a hat, a fastening clip or hook pivoted on each of said pins, a link connecting the hooks, and a pointed operating-wire having an ornamental head at its outer end, and adapted at its inner end to be passed through the side of the hat, and 9o connected to the link so'as to operate the clips. v

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set .my hand in the presence of two subscribing witnesses. h

1S ADOLPII F. MALMSTEAD.

mark Witnesses:

PHILIP W. SOUTHGATE, LoUIs W. SOUTHGATE. 

